PhilGoetz comments on The Shabbos goy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2010 09:24:24PM *  7 points [-]

Awesome!

So it's less-offensive to use the term "Shabbos goy", which logically criticizes Judaism, than to use the term "Jew", which creates a negative association with Judaism.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 March 2010 04:51:19AM *  2 points [-]

If that's so, then if you tell people

"Black people were slaves. (Slavery is bad.)"

"Women are paid less than men. (People who are paid less are valued less.)"

what they hear are the associations

"Black people are bad."

"Women are less valuable than men."

Comment author: Kevin 26 March 2010 10:24:12PM 0 points [-]

Jew is just a really loaded word because it is used by various sorts of supremacists. "Jewish person" can be substituted without any kind of negative connotation.

Comment author: Cyan 26 March 2010 10:15:44PM 1 point [-]

Got here late -- what was the original title?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2010 10:27:25PM 18 points [-]

"Kill the Jews".

I guess some people are just touchy.

Comment author: Jack 26 March 2010 10:21:02PM 3 points [-]

Necessary Jews

Comment author: ata 27 March 2010 11:30:29PM 8 points [-]

When I first saw it under that title, before I read the article, I read it as contrasting with "Sufficient Jews" or possibly "Contingent Jews".

I'm still enjoying imagining what those could possibly mean.

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